Vince Taylor Steroid Cycle

Intro

Vince Taylor is a former IFBB Professional bodybuilder who is best known for setting the record for the most IFBB titles at 22. That record would later be snapped by Ronnie Coleman who amassed 26.

Taylor also holds the record for most Masters Olympia wins as he dominated the late 90s. He is considered by most experts, including us, as one of the most prolific bodybuilders of all time. In this article, we will go over his life, bodybuilding, and his steroid cycle. But first, check out this video summarizing his entire life

His stats at his peak are 5'9'', and a shredded 230 pounds for competition, and 250 pounds offseason. He is also well known for his terminator posing routine.

Getting his career going in a weird fashion

Taylor was born in 1956 and was always a gifted kid. He played many sports and dominated his older peers throughout childhood, his favorite being football. While weight training, to get better at football, he fell in love with bodybuilding.

Unfortunately, it seemed like the universe did not want Taylor to compete because on his way to his first actual competition, called Mr. Berlin in 1983, he got into 2 car accidents in a row. The first was behind the theater in the car lot and then the 2nd was 150ft away at an intersection where he hit a guy in front of him. Having to wait for the police to figure everything out, Taylor was late to the competition and had to compete in the heavyweight category. This was a blessing in disguise because he ended up winning 1st place.

Taylor took a few years off to improve his physique, and in 1987, he got 4th place at the NPC Nationals. The next year, he came back and won 1st place at the same competition which earned him a Pro Card.

Pro career

Taylor competed at Mr. Olympia in 1988 and got 3rd place, behind the 2 Lee's (Labrada and Haney). That same year he won the Night of Champions and finished 2nd at the Grand Prix England and Finland. In the 1991 Mr. Olympia, he again got 3rd place, this time behind Haney and Yates. His other Mr. Olympia finishes were: 1992 6th place, 1995 5th place, 2006 11th place.

As mentioned earlier, he also competed at the Masters Mr. Olympia and won in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001. In 1998, it was not held for whatever reason.

He briefly retired from bodybuilding in 2002, but a few years later came back at 50 years old and got 3rd place at the 2007 Australian Pro and 3rd at the Arnold Classic.

As mentioned earlier in the article he won 22 titles altogether! And he finished in 2nd or 3rd place in countless others. Here is the full list of his competition history which spans from 1983 to 2007 and deserves to be listed in full:

• • 2007 Arnold Classic, 10th
  • 2007 Australian Pro, 3rd Still looking incredible at his age!

• • 2006 Mr. Olympia - 11th
  • 2006 Australian Pro - 3rd
  • 2002 Masters Olympia - 2nd
  • 2001 Masters Olympia - 1st
  • 2000 Masters Olympia - 1st
  • 1999 Masters Olympia - IFBB, 1st
  • 1999 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 6th
  • 1998 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 3rd
  • 1998 Arnold Classic - IFBB, Masters, 1st
  • 1998 Masters Arnold - IFBB, Winner
  • 1997 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 5th
  • 1997 Grand Prix Czech Republic - IFBB, 7th
  • 1997 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 7th
  • 1997 Grand Prix Finland - IFBB, 6th
  • 1997 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 9th
  • 1997 Grand Prix Hungary - IFBB, 9th
  • 1997 Grand Prix Russia - IFBB, 6th
  • 1997 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, 8th
  • 1997 Olympia - Masters - IFBB, Overall Winner
  • 1997 Mr. Olympia - Masters - IFBB, Masters 40+, 1st
  • 1996 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 4th
  • 1996 Grand Prix Czech Republic - IFBB, 4th
  • 1996 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 6th
  • 1996 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 6th
  • 1996 Grand Prix Russia - IFBB, 3rd
  • 1996 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, 6th
  • 1996 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, 7th
  • 1996 Grand Prix Switzerland - IFBB, 5th
  • 1996 Mr. Olympia - Masters - IFBB, Winner
  • 1996 San Jose Pro Invitational - IFBB, 3rd
  • 1995 Grand Prix England - IFBB, Winner
  • 1995 Grand Prix France - IFBB, Winner
  • 1995 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 2nd
  • 1995 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 6th
  • 1995 Grand Prix Russia - IFBB, 2nd
  • 1995 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, 2nd
  • 1995 Grand Prix Ukraine - IFBB, Winner
  • 1995 Houston Pro Invitational - IFBB, 2nd
  • 1995 Niagara Falls Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
  • 1995 Night of Champions - IFBB, 2nd
  • 1995 Mr. Olympia - IFBB, 5th Who looked better Taylor or Levrone?

• 1994 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 2nd
• 1994 Grand Prix France - IFBB, 2nd
• 1994 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 2nd
• 1994 Ironman Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
• 1993 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 3rd
• 1993 Grand Prix France - IFBB, 2nd
• 1993 Grand Prix Germany - IFBB, 2nd
• 1993 Ironman Pro Invitational - IFBB, 3rd
• 1993 San Jose Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
• 1992 Arnold Classic - IFBB, Winner
• 1992 Ironman Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
• 1992 Mr. Olympia - IFBB, 6th
• 1992 Pittsburgh Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
• 1991 Arnold Classic - IFBB, 3rd
• 1991 Grand Prix Denmark - IFBB, Winner
• 1991 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 2nd
• 1991 Grand Prix Finland - IFBB, Winner
• 1991 Grand Prix Italy - IFBB, Winner
• 1991 Grand Prix Spain - IFBB, Winner
• 1991 Grand Prix Switzerland - IFBB, Winner
• 1991 Ironman Pro Invitational - IFBB, 5th
• 1991 Mr. Olympia - IFBB, 3rd
• check out his posing routine
• 1991 Pittsburgh Pro Invitational - IFBB, Winner
• 1989 Grand Prix England - IFBB, 2nd
• 1989 Grand Prix Finland - IFBB, 2nd
• 1989 Grand Prix Holland - IFBB, 4th
• 1989 Night of Champions - IFBB, Winner
• 1989 Mr. Olympia - IFBB, 3rd
• 1988 Nationals - NPC, Overall Winner
• 1988 Nationals - NPC, Light-HeavyWeight, 1st
• 1987 Mr. America - AAU, Medium, 1st
• 1987 Nationals - NPC, Light-HeavyWeight, 4th
• 1983 Mr. Berlin Heavy Weight - 1st

Notable videos and social

Taylor was in a documentary called 'Getting Pumped' which is quite good.

He also was in 'Beyond the Masters' and 'Vince Taylor Workout'.

His social media on Instagram can be found here

He also has many videos on Youtube floating around.

Training

Taylor trained 6X per week and took Sunday off to watch football and spend time with his family. At his peak, he was known to train twice a day, 1 hour in the morning and 90 minutes later in the day. He stuck to a split routine separating his pushing exercises from pulling. And then incorporating abs, legs, and miscellaneous.

He believes in feeling the muscle working on his lifts and rejects the characterization that he lifts 'heavy weights'. On the flip side, he rejects people saying he does high repetitions. Also, he believes in taking angles and lifting to feel the contraction of the muscle. Overall, he lifted much lighter weights vs. other weight lifters.

An average split workout for him is 30 sets and keeping the rep range between 6-12.

Here he is training the chest with his buddies Shawn Ray and Chris Duffy.

Taylor is still kicking butt even as a senior, he lives in South Florida with his family and can be seen at local gyms.

Nutrition

Taylor's nutrition was not like others at all. Genetics allows you to get away with things others cannot because he never believed in a restrictive diet. One example of that is he liked to drink coke before his workouts.

Another thing is he never found it necessary to eat many meals per day. His diet was very old school and he ate 3 good meals per day and limited the number of carbs, which is similar to how bodybuilders ate in the 70’s.

For example, a typical meal for him would be meat and eggs, that is all and he kept it simple. He talks about how "Overall, I'm not a big food consumer, never have been, never will be."

Steroid Cycle

Taylor touched on steroid use in this video but from a TRT standpoint.

He says he only used a small amount of testosterone but didn't like it and considered even 600mg a week an excess dose. During his peak years he had to keep up with his competition and use steroids, so let's speculate on what kind of cycles he ran:

• • 15IU's per day HGH

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• • 1200mgs a week Primobolan

Primobolan (primo), chemical name Methenolone, is by far the most popular injectable anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) for cutting cycles. Read more..

• • 1000mgs a week Deca Durabolin

Nandrolone is one of the best known steroids in the history of bodybuilding. Originally synthesized in 1950s, athletes quickly found there was a good use for this powerful steroid.. Read more..

• • 200mgs a week Testosterone

The building block of all steroids, testosterone is a naturally-produced hormone in the body. It is secreted by the testes and is responsible for the balanced growth and maintenance of primary and secondary sexual characteristics in males - deepening of the voice, broadness of shoulders and narrowing of the pelvis, rapid hair growth (especially on the face, legs and pubis), and the production of semen for sexual reproduction. Read more..

• • 1200mgs a week Masteron

Masteron (Drostanolone) is a unique anabolic steroid because of the way it is derived from DHT (dihydrotestosterone). It is altered by the addition of a methyl group at the carbon 2 position. This structural change is what makes masteron anabolic, and what makes it function the way it does. Read more..

• • 200mgs per day Winstrol

Winstrol is an interesting and intriguing drug. I also have a bit of a personal connection with its history and the way it’s implemented within cycles. Allow me to explain… Read more..

• • 150mgs per day Turinabol

Turinabol, also known as Tbol, Oral Turinabol, Oral Tbol, and 4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, is an oral anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS). It is a derivative of dianabol (dbol), but it does not aromatize into estrogen Read more..

• • Diuretics

I need OTC diuretic supplement I can buy at local pharmacy, just something to flush some water out. Read more..

Forums

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I've done a lot of reading about HGH and will be running 2-3ius (admittedly a low dose) for 6-7 months with the goal of recomping. Read more...